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Main description:
The number of people with dementia is expected to quadruple by 2050. Because of its high prevalence and level of associated morbidity, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease in particular, is already an urgent health and economic issue for the developed world, and a rapidly growing threat in developing countries.
This thoroughly updated second edition of Fast Facts: Dementia specifically aims to provide the primary care physician and other members of the healthcare team with the information they need to recognize and evaluate dementia and to provide optimum management and long-term care.
- Offers a succinct review of the process of brain aging and its relationship to neurodegenerative disease.
- Reviews the cause, course and treatment of each of the common illnesses that can provoke the dementia syndrome.
- Enables the clinician to recognize the disease and to appreciate the basic principles of investigation and management.
- Includes practical steps that the healthcare team can take to improve long-term care of patients and, perhaps, disease prevention
Contents:
Basic neuroscience
The aging brain
Symptoms, signs and course
Neuropsychiatric complications
Clinical examination and investigations
Principles of care and treatment
Pharmacological treatment
Epidemiology of the dementing illnesses
Hypotheses on the causes of Alzheimer's disease
Future treatments
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Health Press
Publication date: November, 2009
Pages: 116
Weight: 652g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Neurology
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
We used the copy of Fast Facts: Dementia in our library for patients. Several patients and family members have accessed this book and all feedback was very positive. They reported that it was succinct, informative and very helpful for them in their understanding of this condition.